Overall-pocket construction.



C. W. HYMER.

OVERALL POCKET cousmucnou.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25, I913.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Mtrwsses W [72 71/2 for UNITED STATES PATENT orrrcn CURTIS W. HYMER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO LARNED, CARTER'&

COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

OVERALL-POCKET CONSTRUCTION.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application filed February 25, 1913. Serial No. 750,496.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CURTIS W. I'IYMER, a citizen ofthe United States ofAmerica, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Overall-Pocket Constructions, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates particularly to a pocket construction for garments, and consists in the construction thereof, in the peculiar arrangement and combination I of parts, and in certain details of formation, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

My improved pocket construction is particularly serviceable in connection with workingmens clothing,as trainmens coats and overalls,the formation being such that access to the pocket interior may be readily had by the gloved hand of the wearer, and for the purpose of illustration I have shown overalls as the garment to which the pocket is applied. It is to be understood, however, that I do not desire to be limited to this particular form of garment, as from the following description it will be readily apparent that the pocket is applicable to other kinds of clothing.

In the drawings illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the bib section for overalls, showing the pocket construction applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a perspective view, separately showing the two sections, which are seamed together in forming my pocket construction; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of said sections showing the manner of reinforcing the edge of the pocket opening; Fig. A is a cross section through the seam joining the bib sections on line m-w of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a cross sec.- tion on line g y.

In the construction of apocket, as for a watch, in the garment referred to, it is essential that the formation be such that the wearer may obtain ready access to the interior, and this with a gloved hand, as it is the common practice among trainmenparticularly engineersto wear gloves in handling the levers and other appliances. Accordingly, the pocket is so made that the edges or lips of the mouth or pocket opening overlap in such manner that the wearer may readily insert the hand between the lips to obtain the article in the pocekt interior.

Also, for the purpose of further convenience of entry, and likewise to prevent the accumulation of cinders, dirt, etc, within the pocket, the mouth or pocket opening is disposed vertically of the garment.

In the application of the pocket construction to overalls, and to conveniently obtain the overlapping lip construction, as well as the vertical position of the mouth, the pocket opening is formed in the vertical seam that unites the bib sections, where the bib is of the sectional type, and the backing or lining of the pocket is formed upon the rear of the bib; and, as the patch is thus not visible, scrap material -of' fabric, color, and shade different from the garment, that is generally thrown awaymay be utilized.

A and B represent the sections of a bib which are united one to the other by a'central seam a. These two sections are first prepared by turning back flaps C D, corresponding in length to the pocket opening as shown in Fig. 2, and stitching down the same as shown at E F. The overlapping section A preferably has its edge reinforced by a small section of material G, which in turn hasits edge H folded under and secured to the folded flap G by the stitching F. Thus the section G forms a flap projecting within the pocket from one edge of the opening, while the flap D projects 0-ppositely from the other edge of the opening. After this preliminary operation, the bib sections A and B are joined to each other by folding the edges, as indicated at I J (Fig. l), and then uniting by a double row of stitching K. The pocket opening being completed in the manner described, the pocket proper is formed by a scrap or patch of'any material, applied to the rear face of the bib as above pointed out.

As shown in Fig. 5, L is the patch, which has its edge folded in at M, and which is then secured to the body of the garment by a double line of' stitching N extending around the same.

In applying the patch or lining of the pocket, I preferably stitch the same upon opposite sides of the mouth, as indicated in Fig. 1. In this manner, a safety construction is obtained, as the tendency of the article within the pocket is to lie, within the interior upon the front side of the pocket month, where there is minimum liability of its falling out.

What I claim is,

1. In a garment, a portion comprising two sections connected by a discontinuous vertical seam, whereby a pocket opening is formed, and a patch having each of its edges secured to said portion .the patch and the portion to which it is secured respectively forming the inner and outer walls of the pocket, the pocket opening being spaced from the vertical edges and bottom of the patch.

2. In a garment, a portion formed with a vertical opening, a patch having each of its edges secured'to said portion, the patch and the portion to which it is secured respectively forming the inner and outer walls of the pocket, the opening being spaced from the vertical and bottom edges of the patch, and flaps oppositely projecting within the pocket from the edges of the opening.

3. A garment having a portion formed of Copies of this patent may be obtained for two pieces united by a seam, and a pocket piece sewed to both pieces and underlying the seam, said seam being discontinued for a short distance to form an opening for the pocket. 7

4. A bib for overalls formed of two pieces united together by a vertically -extending seam, and a pocket piece sewed to the rear sideof said pieces and underlying said seam so that said seam will be arranged between the side edges thereofisaid seani being discontinued :for a short distance to form an opening to the upper portion ofthe pocket defined by said pocket piece and overlying bib.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. CURTIS W. HYME'R. lVitnesses JAMES P. BARRY,' W. K. FORD.

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